Syllabus Application
Ecology
BIO 363
Faculty:
Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences
Semester:
Fall 2025-2026
Course:
Ecology - BIO 363
Classroom:
FENS-L029,FENS-L065
Level of course:
Undergraduate
Course Credits:
SU Credit:3.000, ECTS:6, Basic:6
Prerequisites:
-
Corequisites:
Course Type:
Lecture
Instructor(s) Information
Levent Öztürk
- Email: lozturk@sabanciuniv.edu
Course Information
Catalog Course Description
Aims to develop a basic understanding of relationships of organisms to their environment at the individual, population and community level, principles of population genetics and evolutionary theory. Topics include physiological response to physical and biological environment, adaptations to the physical environment, competition, concept of niche, population dynamics, ecosystem structure and stability and resource management.
Course Learning Outcomes:
| 1. | Developing a basic understanding of the relationships of organisms to their environment at the individual, population and community level. Describing “intraspecies” and “interspecies” interactions as affected by the physical environment, natural selection, and population dynamics. |
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| 2. | Defining “ecological communities” and the factors affecting distribution and abundance of species across temporal and spatial environmental gradients including climate change due to human activities. |
| 3. | Linking the concept of “adaptation through natural selection” to diverse patterns and processes in terrestrial and aquatic systems across hierarchical levels (i.e., individual, population, community, ecosystem). |
| 4. | Explaining the principles of population genetics and evolutionary theory and explaining properties and dynamics of populations as a function of evolution, natural selection, and life history. |
| 5. | Explaining the physiological response to physical and biological environment, adaptations to the physical environment, competition, concept of niche, population dynamics, ecosystem structure and stability and resource management. |
Course Objective
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Related to This Course:
| Climate Action | |
| Life Below Water | |
| Life On Land |